VIRUS VICTIM: Government workers bury the body of a coronavirus victim on the outskirts of Herat, Afghanistan. Photograph: Hamed Sarfarazi

INDIA LOCKDOWN: View of a highway near Allahabad, India, as many Indians try to return to their homes during a nationwide lockdown. The government-imposed shutdown is a preventive measure against coronavirus. Photograph: Sanjay Kanojia/AFP via Getty

CLOSING BORDERS: People queue to cross into Ukraine at the border crossing in Dorohusk, Poland. Polish authorities plan to close the border to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Photograph: Jakub Orzechowski/Agencja Gazeta via Reuters

PANDEMIC PRAYERS: Worshippers offer Friday prayers during the coronavirus lockdown in Peshawar, Pakistan. The Pakistani government said mosques can remain open and congregational prayers can be offered in limited numbers. Photograph: Arshad Arbab/EPA

WAVE IN ISOLATION: Residents of the densely populated Hillbrow area of Johannesburg, South Africa, stand and wave from their balconies. The country is in a nationwide lockdown for 21 days in an effort to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. Photograph: Jerome Delay/EPA

PINTS TO GO: Graingers at Hanlon's Corner on North Circular Road, Dublin, are doing a brisk trade in take-away pints of beer. Pictured are brothers Ross and John Murray heading home with their take away. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

NO ORDERS: The Auld Dubliner Pub in Temple Bar, Dublin, as its boarded-up windows get painted. Photograph: Alan Betson